Shchuchyn District
Шчучынскі раён (Belarusian)
Щучинский район (Russian)
District
Flag of Shchuchyn District
Flag
Coat of arms of Shchuchyn District
Coat of arms
Location of Shchuchyn District
Coordinates: 53°33′37″N 24°52′11″E / 53.5602777878°N 24.8697222322°E / 53.5602777878; 24.8697222322
CountryBelarus
RegionGrodno Region
Administrative centerShchuchyn
Area
 • Total1,911.54 km2 (738.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total32,746
 • Density17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
The Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos (1524) in the village of Muravanka.

Shchuchyn District or Ščučyn District[2] (Belarusian: Шчучынскі раён; Russian: Щучинский район) is a district (raion) of Grodno Region in Belarus. The administrative center is Shchuchyn.[1]

Notable residents

  • Vaclaŭ Ivanoŭski (also known as Vatslaw Ivanowski or Wacław Iwanowski) (1880 - 1943), Belarusian political and public figure of the first half of the 20th century[3][4]
  • Alaiza Pashkevich (pen name Ciotka) (1876 – 1916), Belarusian poet and political activist of the Belarusian national movement[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  2. ↑ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
  3. ↑ "Вацлаў Іваноўскі" [Vaclaŭ Ivanoŭski]. Рада Беларускай Народнай Рэспублікі // Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic (in Belarusian).
  4. ↑ Wilson, Andrew (2021). Belarus: The Last European Dictatorship (New ed.). New Have and London: Yale University Press. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-300-25921-6.
  5. ↑ Alaiza Pashkevich (Алаіза Пашкевіч) (in Belarusian)


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